Guo Jinlong

Guo Jinlong (Chinese: 郭金龙; born July 1947) is a Chinese politician, who served as the Vice Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Between 2008 and 2012 Guo served as the Mayor of Beijing, and Communist Party Secretary of Beijing between 2012 and 2017. As the Mayor of Beijing during the 2008 Olympics, Guo served as the executive chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG).

Guo Jinlong
郭金龙
Guo Jinlong
Communist Party Secretary of Beijing
In office
July 3, 2012  May 27, 2017
DeputyWang Anshun (mayor)
Cai Qi (mayor)
Preceded byLiu Qi
Succeeded byCai Qi
Mayor of Beijing
In office
January 26, 2008  July 25, 2012
Party SecretaryLiu Qi
Preceded byWang Qishan
Succeeded byWang Anshun
President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
In office
December 15, 2015  June 9, 2017
IOC presidentThomas Bach
Succeeded byCai Qi
Chair of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
In office
December 15, 2015  June 9, 2017
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byCai Qi
Personal details
BornJuly 1947 (age 76)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1979–present)
Alma materNanjing University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese郭金龙
Traditional Chinese郭金龍

Before his career in Beijing, Guo served as the Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region between 2000 and 2004, and Party Secretary of Anhui Province from 2004 to 2007.

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